Step by Step Guide: Selling Your House
The 7 Steps to Selling Your House. I have put together this Step by Step Guide to Selling Your House in order to help you become familiar with the home selling process.
While selling your house may seem like an overwhelming task, I can help you break down the process into just a few manageable steps. I’ll be happy to assist you throughout the home selling process.
Step 1: Deciding to Sell Your Home
Selling your home is easily one of the biggest decisions you will ever make. The home selling process is one that involves several factors. Market conditions, the condition of the home, marketing and finances.
Often times life circumstances dictate the urgency of the sale, whether you are facing a job transfer or the addition of a new family member, I’ll help you gather the facts and weigh your options.
If you are staying in the area, please take a moment to review our Step by Step Guide: Home Buying Process
Step 2: Pricing Your Home to Sell
Pricing your home for the current market is easily the most important step in the home selling process. Many factors can influence the “fair market value” of your home. Setting the RIGHT PRICE for your home is vital to a successful process.
I will help you find the perfect balance of price for condition and location that will allow you to realize the most money for your home within the timeline that is most beneficial for your circumstances.
Step 3: Calculating the Cost of Selling Your Home
It is important to understand the financial aspects of the real estate transaction in order to determine if selling makes good financial sense.
Some of the costs involved in selling will LIKELY included:
- Closing costs paid for the buyer
- Repairs after inspections & appraisal
- Home warranty
- Termite inspection
- HOA closing letter
- Septic & well testing/reports
- Real estate commissions
- Mortgage payoff
- Property liens
- Prorated taxes & insurance
- Attorney’s fees
During the offer process, I will go over the costs associated with each offer received from a prospective buyer.
*Be sure to have your mortgage payoff balance available!
Step 4: Staging Your Home to Sell
Did you know that homes that are “staged” SELL FOR MORE MONEY & IN LESS TIME than homes that are not properly staged?
As part of my listing service package I provide detailed recommendations to assist you with staging.
Presenting your home to its best advantage in order to appeal to the most buyers gives you a leg up on the competition.
See Staging Tips to Sell Your Home FAST!
Step 5: Marketing Your Home
Marketing your home for sale is a team effort.
My job is to design and distribute marketing materials that highlight the special features of your home, community, and neighborhood (see below for more marketing details).
As the homeowner, you will be responsible for keeping the home in show ready condition and making the home available during reasonable times to be viewed by interested buyers.
Review the Home Sellers Checklist.
Step 6: Contract Management in the Home Selling Process
My goal is to provide proactive contract management to keep your transaction moving forward in order to help ensure a smooth closing. My priority is protecting your interests. Ensuring that deadlines are met for inspections, amendments, appraisals, repairs, etc. are paramount to a stress-free home selling process.
While I stay busy behind the scenes coordinating your transaction, you can focus on the business of preparing for a move!
Sit back and relax,I’ll take care of the details.
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Step 7: Closing on Your Home
Typically, for sellers, the actual day of closing is pretty simple. There is a lot that goes on behind the scenes to ensure that everything goes well, such as making sure that the settlement documents reflect the contracted agreement
I personally attend EVERY CLIENT CLOSING, whether the client is present or not! Personal attention to my clients extends well beyond the closing table.
See Our Closing Checklist!
